KURY (AM)

KURY
City Brookings, Oregon
Branding KURY 910
Slogan "Your Favorite Songs"
Frequency 910 kHz
First air date May 2, 1958[1]
Format Adult Standards
Power 1,000 watts (day)
37 watts (night)
Class D
Facility ID 35801
Transmitter coordinates 42°02′34″N 124°14′37″W / 42.04278°N 124.24361°W / 42.04278; -124.24361
Callsign meaning KURY = Curry County
Owner Eureka Broadcasting Co., Inc.
Sister stations KURY-FM
Website kury910.com

KURY (910 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Brookings, Oregon, United States. The station, established in 1958, is currently owned by Eureka Broadcasting Co., Inc.

Programming

KURY broadcasts an adult standards music format.[2] In addition to its usual music programming, the station also airs University of Oregon Ducks women's basketball, men's basketball, football, and baseball games as a member of the Oregon Sports Network.[3][4]

History

This station began regular daytime-only broadcasting on May 2, 1958, as KURY with 500 watts of power on 910 kHz.[5] KURY was originally owned and operated by Joseph F. Sheridan with Norman Oberst serving as the station's first general manager.[5] The station increased its coverage area with a boost to 1,000 watts of power in 1960 but remained a daytime-only station.[6]

The station was acquired by Norman Oberst's KURY Radio, Inc., on November 1, 1964.[1] After nearly 30 years of ownership, Norman Oberst applied to the FCC to transfer control of KURY Radio, Inc., to Dorothy J. Garvin in January 1993. The transfer was approved by the FCC on February 24, 1993, and the transaction was consummated on the same day.[7]

KURY Radio, Inc., reached an agreement in February 2005 to sell this station and KURY-FM to Eureka Broadcasting Co., Inc. (Hugo Papstein, president) for a reported price of $775,000.[8] The deal was approved by the FCC on April 19, 2005, and the transaction was consummated on May 5, 2005.[9] At the time of the sale, KURY broadcast a nostalgia format.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1975. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1975. p. C-155.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. ↑ "OSN Radio Affiliates". GoDucks.com - The University of Oregon Official Athletics Web Site. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Oregon Finalizes 2009 Baseball Radio Broadcast Team". GoDucks.com. November 21, 2008. Other stations to carry Duck baseball are KSKR in Roseburg, KWRO in Coos Bay and KURY in Brookings.
  5. 1 2 "Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S.". 1958 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1958. p. A-360.
  6. ↑ "Directory of AM and FM Radio stations in the U.S.". 1960 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1960. p. A-212.
  7. ↑ "Application Search Details (BTC-19930106EB)". FCC Media Bureau. February 24, 1993.
  8. 1 2 "Deals - 2005-03-21". Broadcasting & Cable. March 21, 2005.
  9. ↑ "Application Search Details (BAL-20050224ABC)". FCC Media Bureau. May 5, 2005.
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